Judge Dismissed From Santa Fe School Shooter Case

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The judge in the case of the Santa Fe mass shooting is now off the case. A court granted a defense motion to have Judge Jeth Jones disqualified from handling the case on Monday afternoon. Last month, defense attorneys for the suspect, Dimitrios Pagourtzis, filed a motion to have Jones disqualified for a conflict of interest. A former law firm partner of Jones met with Pagourtzis shortly after the 2018 shooting to discuss the possibility of representing him. Judge Lonnie Cox will now preside over the case. 


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